| Edition |
Second edition. |
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[Enhanced Credo edition] |
| Description |
1 online resource (30 entries) : 8 images ; digital files |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Racism in the United States: implications for the helping professions -- 1. Background: social identity and situating ourselves: Social identity; Situating ourselves; Power, privilege, and social identity; Comfort zones, learning edges, triggers, and creating a context for learning; Conclusion -- 2. What is racism? How race and racism have been conceptualized; Theories about racism; The contours of racism; The spectrum of racism; Conclusion -- 3. A brief history of racism in the United States and implications for the helping professions: The racial contract; White ethnic groups; Racism and the helping professions in historical perspective; Conclusion -- 4. The web of institutional racism: The nature of the web of racism; Residential racism: neighborhoods and housing; Educational racism: public, private, and higher education; Employment racism; Racism and wealth accumulation and upward mobility; Environmental and health racism; Mental health racism; Racism in the criminal justice system; Political racism; Media racism; Immigration racism; Implications of the web of racism for the helping professions; Conclusion -- 5. Why is it so difficult for people with privilege to see racism? Consciousness; Invisible knapsacks of privilege; Socialization into white privilege; The role of the family; The discourse of denigration and the creation of other; Stereotypes and what can be done about them; Conclusion -- |
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6. Social identity formation and group membership: Identity; Racial and ethnic identity theory; Social identity factors; Multidimensional social identity development; Assumptions; Axes of social identity; Social identity: levels of awareness, performance, and tasks; Identity and intergroup relations; Implications for the helping professions; Conclusion -- 7. Intersectionality: racism and other forms of social oppression: Common aspects of social oppression; Racism and class oppression; Racism and sexism; Racism and heterosexism; Immigration and racism; Conclusion -- 8. Racial dialogue: talking about race and racism: Why undertake racial dialogues? Why are racial dialogues so challenging? Conducting successful racial dialogues; Racial reconciliation and interracial justice; Conclusion -- 9. Responses to racism in the community: Millville; The dynamics of racism in communities; Responding to racism in the community; Antiracism work in the community; Conclusion -- 10. Confronting racism in agencies and organizations: Multicultural or antiracism? Types of organizations; How racism is manifested in social service organizations; Models of organizational change; The process of becoming an antiracism organization; Conclusion -- |
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11. Cross-racial clinical work: First steps; Legacies of racism seen in clinical work; Mistrust; Theoretical biases; Positive psychology and solution-focused approaches and racism; Barriers to effective cross-racial clinical work; Guidelines for effective cross-racial clinical work; Supervision and consultation; Structural and environmental issues; Conclusion -- 12. Teaching about race and racism: Examples; Course and class structure; Classroom climate; Instructor self-awareness; Understanding students; Teaching strategies and techniques; Feeling stuck; Conclusion -- 13. Dismantling racism: creating the web of resistance: Creating the web of resistance; Maintaining motivation; Eternal vigilance. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
This comprehensive text thoroughly reviews the theories and history of racism, the sociology of and the psychology of racism, intergroup relations and intergroup conflict, and how racism is manifested institutionally, between groups, and between people, providing a unique view of the connections between these multiple perspectives. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Local Note |
Credo Reference Publisher Collections |
| Subject |
Racism -- United States.
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Racism. |
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United States. |
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Human services -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Human services -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Human services. |
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Social service -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Social service -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Racism. |
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Racism -- prevention & control. |
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Social Identification. |
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Social Work -- ethics. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Racism. |
| Added Author |
Garran, Ann Marie, author.
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Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 0826148840 9780826148841 (DLC) 2016054624 xxi, 393 pages : illustrations |
| ISBN |
9780826148841 paperback |
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9780826148858 e-book |
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9781786847959 electronic version |
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